The Rajasthan Minimum Guaranteed Income Act, 2023
The Rajasthan Minimum Guaranteed Income Act, 2023
The Rajasthan Minimum Guaranteed Income Act, 2023 establishes a statutory entitlement to income security for residents across the state of Rajasthan. It guarantees adult residents in urban and rural areas at least 125 days of wage employment per financial year, along with an unemployment allowance if job placement fails within fifteen days of application. Additionally, it guarantees minimum social security pensions to eligible elderly individuals, widows, single women, and persons with disabilities, mandating an annual fifteen percent pension hike. This legislation matters because it legally protects basic living standards, reduces poverty, and ensures direct benefit transfers without replacing existing welfare programs.
- 1. Short title, extent, and commencement.
- 2. Definitions.
- 3. Right to Minimum Guaranteed Income.
- 4. Entitlement under this Act.
- 5. Provisions for Right to Guaranteed Employment under the Act.
- 6. Entitlement to receive unemployment allowance.
- 7. Entitlement for Guaranteed Social Security Pension.
- 8. Implementation of Right to Guaranteed Social Security Pension.
- 9. Implementation by Nodal Departments.
- 10. State Advisory Board.
- 11. Transparency and accountability.
- 12. Grievances redressal mechanism.
- 13. Social audit and Performance audit.
- 14. Act in addition and not in derogation of other laws.
- 15. Protection of action taken in good faith.
- 16. Power of the State Government to make rules.
- 17. Power to remove difficulties.
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